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Hassle vs Nag - What's the difference?

hassle | nag |

As nouns the difference between hassle and nag

is that hassle is trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems while nag is a small horse; a pony or nag can be one who.

As verbs the difference between hassle and nag

is that hassle is to trouble, to bother, to annoy while nag is to repeatedly remind or complain to someone in an annoying way, often about insignificant matters.

hassle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.
    • I went through a lot of hassle to be the first to get a ticket.
  • A fight or argument.
  • An action which is not worth the difficulty involved.

    • Verb

    (hassl)
  • To trouble, to bother, to annoy.
    • The unlucky boy was hassled by a gang of troublemakers on his way home.
  • To pick a fight or start an argument.

    • Anagrams

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    nag

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) nagge'', cognate with Dutch ''negge

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small horse; a pony.
  • An old useless horse.
  • (obsolete, derogatory) A paramour.
  • * 1598 , , III. x. 11:
    • Yon ribaudred nag of Egypt – Whom leprosy o'ertake!
    Synonyms
    * (old useless horse) dobbin, hack, jade, plug
    Coordinate terms
    * (old useless horse) bum (racing )

    Etymology 2

    Probably from a (etyl) source; compare Swedish .

    Verb

    (nagg)
  • To repeatedly remind or complain to someone in an annoying way, often about insignificant matters.
  • To act inappropriately in the eyes of peers, to backstab, to verbally abuse.
  • To bother with persistent memories.
    • The notion that he forgot something nagged him the rest of the day.
  • Other sorts of persistent annoyance, e.g.:
    • A nagging pain in his left knee
    A nagging north wind

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who .

    • Anagrams

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